Park issues with EQMOD - by: Horus Astro
I am using a HitecAstro EQdir usb to EQ5 Synscan mount. I have setup AstroPi3 (Thanks Rob) and am gradualy testing all devices individually on Indi to avoid conficts. I have had success in connecting...
View ArticleLoosing the plot - by: Horus Astro
Setting up AstroPi3 and using the serial port mapper, not working. Using my limited Linux skills and 4 hours of searching this forum (Docs) it would seem that multiple usb devices need to be...
View ArticleSky Watcher Alt-Az driver parking problem - by: T-Studio
Thank you for always having a wonderful support. This is a basic problem, so I explained before, but I will explain. This driver will not work unless you press the park off button. However, all the...
View ArticleEKOS: Synscan stays in slewing mode, disables all actions - by: DerPit
I'm trying to use KStars/EKOS with an Synscan mount (GP-DX with EQ3/EQ5 upgrade kit). Things work sort of OK, but if I select a target in KStars and want to slew/track, the mount stays in slew mode. In...
View ArticleFlats not capturing??? - by: El Corazon
Has there been a change to the Capture module? I tried to capture flats for all my installed filters, but whenever I select Flat from the image type the camera fails to capture an image. Preview works,...
View ArticleNewbie problems with zWO 120MM guiding - by: philpugh51
i'm just getting into astronomy again and have a Skywatcher Evostar ED80 with Skywatcher Evoguide ED50 (on HEQ5 mount) and a ZWO 120MM CCD to use for guiding. I am using a Raspberry Pi 3B as the...
View ArticleImage can't be saved - by: Herrhausen
KStars doesn't save images when an "/" is in the object's name like it is the case with comets. For example clicking at Giacobini-Zinner, opening "Object Details", downloading an image from the web and...
View ArticleCompute altitude has no result - by: Herrhausen
The "Altitude vs. Time" window provides (as I understand it) the altitude of an object at a given time. However, no matter what object or time I enter, the Altitude: field remains blank.
View ArticleNanoPi M4 - by: T-Studio
www.friendlyarm.com/index.php?route=prod...th=69&product_id=234 I made the environment with Beelink-AP 34, OrangePi, RaspberryPi 3, but this SBC seems to be the best for INDI.
View ArticlePegasus FocusCube fails to connect - by: Lightwriter
Firstly I would like to thank everyone involved in this forum! This is the first time I have had to post as I have always found a solution by searching around the forum. I recently purchased a Pegasus...
View ArticleSolved: Bug with INDI EQMod and AstroEQ communication - by: jslight
I found a bug caused by miscommunication between the INDI EQMod driver and the AstroEQ firmware. During initialization, the INDI EQMod driver sets the slew speed to the Custom Rate value, which sends a...
View ArticleAutoguiding aborted - Mount is slewing [NOT!] - by: Herrhausen
I'm experiencing a strange problem tonight. Calibration works OK when taking full frames (using subframes still won't calibrate). But a few seconds after guiding has started it is automatically...
View ArticleUpdating comet data causes crash - by: Herrhausen
Data/Updates/"Update comets orbital elements" causes KStars (Build: 2018-09-01T20:53:57Z, Kubuntu 18.04) to crash. Other data updates work flawlessly.
View ArticleCannot play back SER videos? - by: kbrown
Hi. I've just captured a load of SER video files with Ekos using my QHY5L-II mono camera. Everything seemed to go okay and the live video stream showed up correctly. I'm now trying to play back the...
View ArticleASI 120MM no longer working together with EQMod - by: klaus
My ASI 120MM does work on Windows and with PHD2's internal ZWO lib but it does no longer work in the INDI environment. Connection is ok but when trying to get an image I end up in an infinite loop. The...
View ArticleLibre Computer AML-S905X-CC (Le Potato) - by: El Corazon
I have been looking for a SBC with more memory than the Pi3 and came across this one: libre.computer/products/boards/aml-s905x-cc/ I can install Ubuntu Mate 18.04 on it and KStars and Indi installation...
View ArticlePolar alignment when you can't see Polaris - by: albeltrang73
Hi I just saw Ekos and K-Stars and find it to be a very powerful suite for astrophotography. For several years I've been using Sequence Generator Pro in Windows 10 and Ekos seems to be a strong...
View ArticleLibre Computer AML-S905X-CC (Le Potato) - by: El Corazon
I have been looking for a SBC with more memory than the Pi3 and came across this one: libre.computer/products/boards/aml-s905x-cc/ I can install Ubuntu Mate 18.04 on it and KStars and Indi installation...
View ArticlePolar alignment when you can't see Polaris - by: albeltrang73
Hi I just saw Ekos and K-Stars and find it to be a very powerful suite for astrophotography. For several years I've been using Sequence Generator Pro in Windows 10 and Ekos seems to be a strong...
View ArticleHas anyone gotten the iOptron SmartEq Pro+ to guide reliably? - by: El Corazon
I can't get the iOptron Smart EQ Pro+ mount to guide within reasonable tolerances with the internal guider. With PhD2 it works.... kind of. Not great, really, but at least I can keep the total RMS...
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